EMSC Quake Catcher Network

Last update: 21 July 2015 at 14:09 UTC

Project description

Quake-Catcher Network (QCN) is a new type of seismic network based on low-cost accelerometers installed next or in to computers linked to the internet (Cochran, Lawrence, Christensen and Chung 2009). Any computer is a potential seismic station and could record earthquakes.

The deployments in collaboration with the EMSC

The EMSC has deployed a QCN server for the Euro-Med region to initiate, promote and coordinate QCN deployments in the region and ensure the interface with the USGS and Stanford University. Our strategy is to perform dense deployments in urban-seismically active areas.

There are currently 3 such deployments:

In Thessaloniki , Greece, in collaboration with Thessaloniki University